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Vic, Very nicely done...beautiful work..and those watermelons are sure well protected. I have the same question as Charlie, what materials did you use to build this? It looks great!!

Hey Catt, Any room left for your layout with that massive building on your benchwork? About the same size as the GMD plant I have planned for mine. MAT trucks looks great....great and HUGE!!! Now that's an industry. Are there going to be any other smaller buildings in the complex or is it...

Well...NOW this is a forum I could get used to...nice to see yer in the mod chair again Catt. A forum dedicated to the one thing that sets each model apart from the rest. I think this forum will be the top % of all forums.

To me there's no such thing as a recurring disaster, just simple puzzles that one has to solve in order to move on to another puzzle down the road. K.I.S.S.(Keep it simple stupid) DOES not apply to me. My solution for my puzzles in life are: 1) Witness the problem 2) CURSE A LOT about the...

How do you tell the different codes in track...I keep hearing and reading about Code 100, code 80, code 55, but what is the acual difference and how can you tell from a piece of track what the code is? Any help out there would help me out drastically.

Hehehe, just as I got your reply, I figured out a way to do it...I took a piece of copper wire and spliced off the insulation. I then attached each statchion(?) as a thin round piece of styrene...I then superglued the copper wire to the styrene. For chains, I used thread frayed a bit with...

I have finished scratchbuilding the basic shell of my GP38 hi hood. Below is the pic Everything turned out ok, but I'm having a problem with the handrails, does anyone have any ideas on the easiest way to do these without buying a detail kit? Thanks

My current project is one of electrical rather then plastic. I have seen christmas lights since I was born, and never even thought of the idea until just recently. I cut the lights off the string, leaving a small length of wire on each end. I then cut a piece of styrene to create a cowl with a...

styrofoam I've used the white beaded kind of styrofoam for one full 2' x 4' N scale layout with no problems whatsoever. I've included a link to my website so that you can see what it looks like. I used 1 " thick sheets cut 2' x 4' then layered up the styrofoam mountains and carved them with a...

I don't really follow the political end of everything, since I believe that political debates start fights. I do, however, live in Canada, in perhaps the most messed up province in Canada, I think you'll agree eh Robin. Living in Canada isn't as easy as most of you americans might think. Our...

As usual, Robin, you have a gift for scratchbuilding that few of us can even touch, but you seem to come by so naturally. It is one awesome structure. Very nicely done and very well detailed. I too would like to know how you work with the stairs? Again, very well done, you make me gasp in awe at...

I have read every post so far on turntables and most people either have one and use it, or don't have one and don't use it. I for one have one but never use it, and in fact it is installed on my layout, but not as a working piece of equipment but rather a non working piece of scenery. I took my...

I am wondering if someone knows anything about pulse and electronically how you would build your own pulse to slow and speed trains up like the storebought throttles do?

HOME SWEET HOME... Man did you get some cool pics...Did you get any pics of the tunnels down by Hell's Gate too? I miss that part of Canada so much. Anyways I'm not shedding a tear, honest. LOL. Ed

Johnathan, my friend, I think I speak from all of us here when I say that our hearts and our prayers are with you and your wife, and wish for a speedy recovery. 'Sides, I got alot more questions to ask and it's borin' on here without you. You're in my prayers buddy. The Young Canuckian, Ed

My Layout My layout, the Iron Ridge, follows the CN trackage from London, Ontario, Canada to Hamilton, Ontario, with hidden trackage to represent both Toronto and NY state. I have interchanges with Larry's CEE, Johnathans GVR and Helge's SR&WF via Windsor/Detroit, and I'm working on having an...

Does anyone have any idea how you can tweak an older throttle to move a locomotive at slow speed. I have a TwinPower dual throttle pack and I can only make a loco move at about scale 20mph, I want to simulate a switcher which normally travels 5-10mph. Is there anything I can do to my throttle...

Hello all, I am a modeller who's cheap...the cheaper the better. I have some of those "out of the store" trainset powerpacks that I thought should have a better purpose then just sitting in a box. I wired the pack to wall phone outlets and threw a DPDT switch on an AFX slotcar controller, and...

Just wanted to let all of you know of a NEW model railroad hobby found right here on the web. It's called Train Gifs and man are they spectacular. I guess some of the members of this group even have online animated scenes. I saw a few scenes at this url: http://rstraingifs.tripod.com It's well...